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Hijab row: 200 JNU women students show their support for Muslim students in Karnataka

The Free Press Journal | 10/02/2022 01:19 PM | Click to read full article

Around 200 women students at ccc(JNU) have expressed their "unflinching and unconditional support" for Muslim students in Karnataka, claiming that prohibiting women from wearing hijab reflects the state's and its institutions' "patriarchal and Islamophobic inclinations.

Disciplining the women, on their choice of clothing and prohibiting them from wearing a hijab reflects the patriarchal and Islamophobic tendencies of the state and its institutions.

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